The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-12-25
BEAR, MOOSE, AND DEER.
HUNTING BEARS WITH DOGS
a Desperate Attack On . 0rizrly-Ons
Thrust with . Bewte knife.

lutO tu6 IuOuntAlnB anu BLOW Lnom U6HTs W.
CLEANED our way l~eisurely along the Little Biz
Horn valley, knocking over considerable gam,
a. We wont; and on the fifth day out from Gus
ter We pitched our camp in q nice little noun
tain park between tho cahons OF the Little
Big Horn and tho Rosebud.
We wore now In ono OF tho finest regions fol
big game that exists any where in the Rockies
Both sagebrush and I knew the Big Horn
Mountains from ono end Of tho chain to the
other. having. at ono time or other, hunted
bear and trapped beaver on pretty much every
stream that debouches from the range.
It was the latter part OF October, Just the
time whom the bears were thickest among the
foothills. For the last month a good many Of
them had been of on b~errying expeditions
along the prairie streams. The plums and
black haws on the prairie creeks ripen In Sep
tember. and the bears had been down and
cleaned them out. In tho higher altitude of
the foothills tho berries arc a week or two
later, and these the bears harvest In October.
SaRebrush and I had shown the Englishmen
right smart sport coming M. and had prom
ised them all tho bear hunting they wanted.
for the ball opened with a grizzly the very fret
night after our arrival in camp.
One Of the Englishmen had brought along .
pair Of dogs, with which they reckoned upon
having q good deal Of sport. He had been an
army officer in India. and the dogs had been
reared there. and were thoroughly trained
dogs. especially about the inv. being q
sri1i monsrei breed Of India. The. largest
dog was, o brindle, with It's ears chawed of and
scars al! over its body; the other was a white
brindle was called Goorkah, and the other
Monocqlar. on account OF having lost one eye
In T 4 egf loo T,sa i ( sG q pair o, good dogs, savage
and strong. yet, remarkably Intelligent. Still.
when the Anglo-lndian used to talk about
Eagebrush and / allowed betwixt ourselves
that tho bears In India were not Rocky Noun
s tHin e sson to Be- Ss shIs rs Il p s, Ii. sSSS sSs. we
had turned ned in NTH The " dogs b both ianf bppiis sdss " up. and ND
some Object which they could u evidently attlsI see in IN
near edge q the bark. They we're tisd up p with
they seemed to forget their tetbers. and sprang
forward with savage eagerness.. Goorkah's
tb9oe " loos seo and edY With is swift ni Bounds Dds cleared MSredu the
struggled and ripped, around, at a fearful rate.
couldn't get loose.
u5 Ts = master asst c THs abq qal Ts in ths ago. e land. \
back. but Ii in Vain al The moon shone pretty Getfs
sos aoo i;h aee Eh %ss not shs sa Pine s xeHss T ssss
ing he might have tackled q boar alone and
got badly mauled. Sasebrush and ! and the
fEinglishmaMn in the wagon decided e follow
seized our, Winchssters. and followed.
We could hear nothing q the other dog, but
ute we could hear them both worrying some
thing but a short distance away. Fifty yards
from t the !. edge OF the park we found a big
fencing like u boxing master to protect himself
from the attack Of the dogs. The dogs knew
but they made such savage and persistent
feints at him that the old fellow was consider
SSly s W3rked , spI We i. didn't ~ s1 aows then, but we
the defensive, attitude against the tree by SOW
:. The dogs occupied his attention SO fully that
Ran way to him: We .were Just an thin III wet 81
sGSs,I %sd Dc, q savage dash at the dogs and then
him BY one hind leg. and Monocuiar BY the
much. however; He, numbered heavily, yet
linn as though they had merely be- been aI 50 m much
dea d,i weight fastened to his TANKS .v
.bo Saef tho 10 E haI dhGos1aa h; g Ts fo di(o 9 Mao IN 81"
fear 81 hitting tho dogs. in the uncertain light.
fallen timber and crashing through thickets OF
6sOE sp5E% nT,ad the dogs el!nging On behind with
i EsallRe t ahadiaG 3ITst tea Raipt 9SSer ,Ss an 1b instant bsnr
dragged them across a patch Of bright moon
Light we could see that they We're braclng them
With all this, It was as much as we could do
level best. At about 800 yards from the park
through the tumpled boulders and hurrying
Waters OF 2 dashipg mountain stream. and up
pretty steep. and gave the dogs a great advan-
We could see them bracing themselves pluckily
70 drag the bear back or stay his speed. Their
logged resistance, WAS beginning to tell a little
on ths grizzly BY this time, anyhow. and. while
they succeeded in holding him Tor a moment
Nov game the first opportunity to shoot with
s SS1 ei q eee ,h bsa aCf bro ehaI h bis R Besa nrsdiv T ThS
this imRSrtapt member Of, bruins body at
over. Looslng ,thelr. hold on his legs. the dogs
pow sprang behind him and seized him by the
pack q his neck: By doing this. and keeping
training as bear dogs. Moreover. their tactics
not to be despised as a measure Of good. sound
~ W.; ]sSpGs9,sl y tIs bear xss probably done
not oyer knee IN deeps when; without . moments
We s1 wer re- n s"e n ueTs' fSsne a sde Szon ya aSTa aws as,
and, although we had our Winchesters at half
cock and ready, as we thought. to shoot at the
least warning OF danger. 80 sudden was the
seized him by the hind logs again, / believe he
would have ,reached US before We could have
bred. As II. was, We had a pretty narrow
margin OF safety left. US. for, as he charged us,
open, mouthed, Sagebrush, who happened to be
bis Winchester In his mouth and fired. Sage
brush's bullet crashed clean through his brain.
and the grizzly rolled over. dead as q mackerel.
IN the morning, when We came to examine
tho dogs. Sagsbrqsh and ]. were astonished to
nnd that they had received scarcely a scratch
to tsll that they had been In a close tussie
surprised " It. though. He said they had
been through such o schooling with bears that
there WA little danger OF their getting hurt.
The next day We turned up Q cinnamon she
pear, and two yearling cubs. The cubs were
pig, healthy youngsters. over half grown. We
bowled over the old lady and ono Of the cubs.
md then for about fifteen minutes stood BY
and enjoyed the prettiest, kind Of Q fight be-
tween the other one and the dogs.
The cub was big and. strong enough to give
them . lively time OF It, and 1t was a pretty
sight 70 see tho dogs sail In and manoeuvre
around TO- help each other out. They seemed
70 understand each other every bit as we'll as
human beings. While doorkah would tempt
me bear 70 make . rush Of him. Monocular